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Stafford is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.

It is located in the inner northern residential suburbs of Brisbane. Suburbs in the electorate include Stafford, Chermside, Gordon Park, Kedron, Lutwyche, Stafford Heights and parts of Albion, Chermside West, Wavell Heights and Wooloowin.^[1] The Electorate includes the Prince Charles Hospital.

Parts of Kedron, Chermside and Lutwyche east of Gympie Road and Lutwyche Road have been transferred to Nudgee and Clayfield. A small slice of Chermside West has been added from Everton, while areas south of Kedron Brook have been transferred from Ashgrove and Brisbane Central. The redistribution transforms the swing from the 2006 Queensland State Election a smaller Labor swing from 14.9% to an estimated 14.2%. ^[2]

[edit] History and Political Profile

Stafford was created by the redistribution before the 2001 election after being abolished in 1992.^[2] It was first created as a seat in 1972 when it was won by Labor. ^[2] It fell to the Liberal Party's Terry Gygar at the 1974 slaughter of the Labor Party. ^[2] He was defeated in 1983 after the collapse of the Coalition, but Labor's victorious candidate, party reformer and historian Dennis Murphy, died a year later, Gygar winning the by-election and holding the seat until swept aside in 1989 by Labor's Rod Welford. ^[2] Welford moved to the neighbouring seat of Everton at the 1992 election when Stafford was abolished. ^[2] Stafford was re-created in 2001 by the amalgamation of the seats of Chermside and Kedron. There was a 6.1% swing to the Liberal Party in 2004 and 1.4% in 2006, but Stafford retains a solid Labor majority. ^[2]

[edit] 2009 Queensland Election

Current member Stirling Hinchliffe won the seat in the 2006 Qld Election after former member Terry Sullivan announced he would not be seeking re-election. Hinchliffe won the seat with 48.4% of the vote.^[2] The other candiates Brad Carswell of LNP, Paul Fomiatti of Family First Party and Tristan Peach of the Queensland Greens each received 37.9%, 1.9% and 11.8 % of the vote respectively.^[2] Hinchcliff was one of Sullivan's staff and had long been seen as his successor.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Members for Stafford

First incarnation (1972-1992)
Member		Party	Term
	William Harvey	Australian Labor Party	1972-1974
	Terry Gygar	Liberal Party of Australia	1974-1983
	Denis Murphy	Australian Labor Party	1983-1984
	Terry Gygar	Liberal Party of Australia	1984-1989
	Rod Welford	Australian Labor Party	1989-1992
Second incarnation (2001-present)
Member		Party	Term
	Terry Sullivan	Australian Labor Party	2001-2006
	Stirling Hinchliffe	Australian Labor Party	2006-present

[edit] References

^ "Queensland Electoral Boundaries 1999 (Stafford)". State of Queensland, Department of Natural Resources. 1999. http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/electorateMap/Stafford.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "ABC Elections 2009 Queensland Election". Anthony Green. ABC. 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/staf.htm.

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[0] "Queensland Electoral Boundaries 1999 (Stafford)". State of Queensland, Department of Natural Resources. 1999. http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/electorateMap/Stafford.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[abc.net.au-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "ABC Elections 2009 Queensland Election". Anthony Green. ABC. 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/staf.htm.

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Contents

[edit] Redistribution

[edit] History and Political Profile

[edit] 2009 Queensland Election

[edit] Members for Stafford

[edit] References